Re: [gentoo-user] Portage 2.2.1 stabilized?
On 9 September 2013 09:44, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Wow... just noticed an update is available which, for me, means it has been stabilized (at least on amd64)... You'd think this would rate a news item and/or other major announcement, considering how long it has taken to get here... Anyway, really glad to see this happen, and thanks to the devs for getting it here! Now to wait a few days to see if there is any breakage to report (not worried about it really, though, since it has actually gotten a ton of testing over the last year or two)... I agree that this kind of deserves a news post just because of how momentous the occasion is, however there should not be many breakages from this as most of the features have already been in the last stable portage (such as sets and preserved-rebuild on by default). The biggest changes are probably userpriv and usersync being on by default (which is a recent change). I don't really believe that anyone will be using programmatic custom sets for a while now, which is the last feature to not be back-patched to 2.1
Re: Portage 2.2 - when will it go stable?? WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] Everything disappeared from world list
On 11 July 2012 14:23, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2012-07-11 12:17 PM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Then you probably need portage 2.2 for this. Which will never ever become stable it seems, Can anyone comment on *why* it is taking so long? It is beginning to border on ridiculous - if it is ready (which I seem to recall lots of references to 'why are you still using 2.1??), why not just stabilize it already? I try really hard not to run anything unstable unless I absolutely have to (for obvious reasons)... https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210077 --- This is why it's taking so long, there are still MANY bugs that should really be fixed. Part of why it's taking so long for those bugs to be fixed is because programmatic sets and preserve-libs aren't a priority, but things like supporting new EAPIs and such are a far bigger priority.
Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up, remote root vulnerability discovered in Samba
On 10 April 2012 23:56, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: Samba versions 3.6.3 and all versions previous to this are affected by a vulnerability that allows remote code execution as the root user from an anonymous connection. As this does not require an authenticated connection it is the most serious vulnerability possible in a program, and users and vendors are encouraged to patch their Samba installations immediately. More info at: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-1182 There is already a fixed version (3.5.14) stable on x86, amd64 and hppa (and obviously ~arch for the other arches) and it should go stable on those other arches soon and have a GLSA soon as well.
Re: [gentoo-user] Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package
On 6 February 2012 21:42, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: I tried and liked google chrome for a few months until I got tired of the multi-hour compile every week or so. The chrome-binary ebuild was removed a while ago, I'm guessing because of library version conflicts, but I dunno for sure. Anyway, I wanted to try a recent version of chrome without spending all day compiling it on this dusty old x86 machine, so I improvised this easy workaround: First, you need x11-libs/libXScrnSaver and app-arch/rpm2targz already installed. Next, download the appropriate rpm package from www.google/chrome. #cd /tmp (or whatever staging area you prefer, but do it as root) #rpmunpack /path/to/your/downloaded/google-chrome-whatever.rpm #mv google-whatever/opt/google /opt (the actual chrome binaries) (Note: you don't need the etc or usr/bin parts of the archive, so delete the whole /tmp/google-whatever directory now.) Make the symlink /usr/bin/google-chrome - /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome When you run google-chrome you will likely see an error for missing libpng12.so.0, which gentoo has replaced with more recent versions like libpng14 or libpng15. If you see that error, here is a very quick and easy fix: #ebuild /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.2.46.ebuild compile That step will build (but not install) libpng12, so you won't disturb any of your existing packages. The newly built library you need is now waiting for you here: /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/libpng-1.2.46/work/libpng-1.2.46/.libs/ Now copy libpng12.so.0.46.0 to /opt/google/chrome and rename it (or symlink it) to libpng12.so.0, because that is what chrome looks for. Complain here if you have problems :) you seem to have missed a very simple way to do all this: emerge google-chrome JOB = DONE
Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)
Florian, That's not that big of a difference...Also, Gentoo/Linux does not have powersaving for every device like Windows XP...it's writing to the hard drive more often and it doesn't spin as much down when it's not in use to help performance. Also, if i was you, i'd be worried about your system using that LITTLE energy especially since you have a pretty hefty CPU, video card, motherboard, 2 hardrives and al the rest of your components. On 6/2/07, Florian Philipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys! I've just tested the energy consumption of my PC. Aparently Gentoo consumes a quiet a bit more than Windows XP: 213 W compared to 188 W PowerNow is activated and works on both cores (tested). The same hardware is plugged in and works. I'll attach the output of lspci, lsmod and cpuinfo as well as my world-file just in case it's related to some software. Is there anything I've forgotten? Where does my energy go? A short overview of my hardware: AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ EE Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe (WLAN should be deactivated) 2048 MB DDR2 Corsair SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS ATI Radeon 1950 Pro (fglrx) 2 SATA2 HDDs 1 SATA1 DVD-RAM Floppy USB mouse, keyboard and printer TFT screen (connected via DVI)
[gentoo-user] OT: Recommend a good PCI or PCMCIA b/g wifi card
I use an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA wifi card (2Wire branded) and i love it...it has full linux compatibility and you can pick one up for under $30 on Ebay
